Finally a fishing report..when I thought about it, it was my first trip back in nearly a month..Finally a break...and what better time to cure the cabin fever, than an all out tuna slugfest..no better medicine I am sure of it..havent seen a showing like we did this afternoon in a while..very pleasing to the eye..it was on and I mean on..it's amazing how well they bite with a little rest time .....really didnt matter what you presented. It didnt matter if it even had hooks..at the end we were tossing Frenzy Ballistic flyers with no hooks just to see the fish blow up on them...got some great video of this which we'll post later.
Capt Hunter, Matt Thomas and Susan Gros and I decided last night that it was too nice not to go..had reservations when the alarm clock went off at 3am but it was worth it..I new it would be cold and I am 23 knot and windshield kind of guy..Gassed up Hunter's 32 twin vee at 6am heading south not long after..covered a good bit of ground before we got on the bite..was sloppy on the shelf and glass calm 50+out..Kept 5 fish the largest I got to fight (twice)..the big fish 130-140# came to the boat in about 10 minutes, gaff went in and the fish went nuts actualy getting airborne with Matt on te end of the gaff - the fish actually came out of the water completely, but in the way down I was already leaning forward and backing off the drag..we thought we had lost a gaff when the fish sounded but fortunately it stuck in the fish and he was hauled aboard with the gaff still firmly planted in the throat five minutes later..tally that one in the "we'll never see that one again" column.. everyone lost track of the time in the melee..it was fun watching the aerial flying fish display..you could see the tuna under them..despite the obvious frenzy we played it cool..catch a fish , take some pictures ..eat..drink clown around go back to fishing..it was nice..tried a little of everything with everything working..when the dust settled and we added up how many we kept, gave to the nearby supply boat day tower not to mention the ones we intentionally released; we had caught 14 yellowfins from 140 pounds to 30 pounds...the day tour on the spectator supply boat who also snapped a few pictures for us received 4 30-60# yellowfins for thier efforts in giving up a bucket of ice just before we left for home..great day to be alive for sure..Susan and I joked about not bringing fly rods but had we we'd still be out there..She had a nice 75 pound fish on an Angry popper too..She also released a fish on 20# line to her credit in IWFA season points..
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